Ptolemaic oil lamp - ROM2018_16917_160

ROM2018_16917_160

Ptolemaic oil lamp

Medium:Mould-made earthenware, slip-painted
Geography: Made in Egypt; found in al-Fayyūm, Egypt
Date: perhaps late 3rd century BC
Period: Hellenistic period
Dimensions:
2.3 x 8.65 x 6.1 cm
Object number: 916.1.97
Credit Line: The Walter Massey Collection
On view
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
DescriptionThis lamp is made of brown clay with traces of mica and has been partially coated in dark brown slip which has been polished. In shape it derives from an earlier Rhodian, Greek lamp type.
Cataloguer: Dr. John W. Hayes (ROM Staff, 1968-1992)
Cataloguer: Dr. Kate Cooper (2012 to present)
Collection:
Greek WorldEgypt
Department: World Cultures: Greek and Roman
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